Born in Hope, Vermilion County, Illinois, Van Doren was the son of a country doctor and was raised on the family farm. He earned a doctorate from Columbia University in 1911 and continued to teach there until 1930.
CarlVan Vechten (June 17, 1880 – December 21, 1964) was an American writer and photographer who was a patron of the Harlem Renaissance and the literary executor of Gertrude Stein.
Van Vechten was interested in fl writers and artists, and knew many of the major figures of the Harlem Renaissance, including Langston Hughes.
Van Vechten initially met Gertrude Stein in Paris in 1913.
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